Stamp-affixing machine.



Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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Inventor Witnesses Attorneys E. DUPLESSIS STAMP APFIXING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1911. 1,035,558. Patented Aug. 13,1912

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QUEBEG, CANADA, ASSIG-NOR T HENRI 3F S03E11, CANADA.

$TAMP-AEFIXING IMIACHINE.

To all whom it con/1cm Be it known that it uLoUiLn Dnr'iiessis, asubject of the Kn l ngland, residing Tovince of Quebec, new and nip iillixing ere that the and exact descripsnch as will enable to "which itappere same.

einatter described Canada, have i118 i, useful linp cine Machines; and lt folhnving is a tion of the im others skillet l1. tains to make :12.

The invention relates to stamp In order to me; strnction, tion, refepanying di ent applica Throughout the sei'cral figures of the drawingslike reference cl'iaracters desigi'nite the same par in the drawin ztion 0:? 'he pletc machine, w 2: several 1 ts l? 1 broken an" 4 i a"front -view oi the 113 View of had to the accmnnine part of the pres--l ignre 1 is a side elevazlli @111 uhlllllg' the 22lovechemical. dofile.

cient, and 1}; amine by which pos ditlerent dencinmations y beeccnrzitel -J and rapratchet pix 'otally is ioernaied *ovided Wit on theshe n a short p Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filee. April 29, 1911.

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part of the frame 1.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 624,122.

To the opposite end of the shaft is fixed ignl plate provided with anotch 11,

instinent of the plate 16, of course, regu- 'on naled in the forwardpart or" the frame lates the swing or throw of the hand lever 13. is thehand lever is depressed, the arm will he raised, carrying rock-arm 6 tothe upper (.lOLtQd line position of Fig. 1 and, in this way, actuatingratchet Wheels 3 and .v

In the notch 11 of the ratchet plate 10 is loosely seated a pin or lug17 of an arm 18 projecting from a collar 19 secured to the lower end ofa vertical, reciproca-ble, overhanging angle arm 20 which is slidahlymounted in a tubular bore of a YGI'tlCEll lnaneh or arm of the frame 1.An upper everlmnging end of this arm is provided with a small liar 21slidalily mounted in. a

tubular lmaring and having a stamping head or hloct: i3 secured thereto,for a purm e to he later disclosed. l hus whenever will also bedepressed.

in t :e forward part of the frame, between the legs, formed a large,tubular, vertical l1; f "2% in which is slidably mountedh 1 novided withan elon 'atsd slot v 1 D -1 onr re and :in onniuariy grooved collar ()1l 213 on its lower end. Slidahly mounted in the upper end of the sleeve25 15 a rod. 27 provided with a. stop pin 28 adapted to play freely inthe slot of the sleeve This pin and slot connection allows limitedrelative movement between the sleeve 25 and rod 27. A. coil spring 29acts to hold these parts, normally, in their extended positions. At oneend, it bears upon the upper end otthesleeve 25, and at the other endagainst "the under face of a small presser head 30, all as clearly shownin Fig 6. Then the annular rooveof collar is seated on yoke or band 31to which is secured one end of a retracting; spring 32, the other end.beingsecured to the floor on (which the machine stands. or to the lewerThis spring acts to i draw the sleeve and its connected parts L lever 13depressed, the stamping work 1. and to the link 10.

arms of which extend forwardly from benea i the stamping head 23. Theresult is that, as the rock arm 6 is lifted, as pre-' viously explained.the plate or bracket 33 will be lifted. This plate, in turn, will carryupwardly with it the sleeve and its rod 27 and table 30. Thus,depression of lever 13 will Simultaneously effect operation of theratchet wheels, raising of the envelop holder, and raising of thepresscr head. i

As the ratchet wheel is rotated, its teeth will successively engage ashort rod 38. This r d is journaled, at one end, in the lower end of abent rocking lever arm 39 and at its opposite end in a short link 40.This link is flexibly connected to the lower end of a second rockinglever arm 41-see Fig. 7, Both lever arms are mounted on pins or pivotsprcjecting from the frame l---see Fig. 1. The result of theseconnections is that step by step rotation of the ratchet \\'l1t=(-l 3will cause intermittent rearward Avinging of the lower ends oftherocking lovers 3!) and :1. in order to return them to their initialpositions, a spring 42 has been provided. This spring is conne ted. atits opposite ends, to the frame An adjustable :--top plate i is slidablymounted oirthe frame in a position to anticipate the lower end of thelove arm 41 and limit its forward v wing, to the desired amount.

livotally secured to the upper end of the lever fit) is a stamp feedingclaw H- provided with a kerf and serrated or rought-ning end 43 adaptedto engage the perforated lines of a stamp' strip and feed it forwardly,although it Y may move rearwardly over the same strip without moving it.Similarly connected to the upper end of the arm it is a wiper arm 46 tothe outer viding the rod with one flat face and one squared projectingend. To this squared projecting end is secured the lower end of anadjusting T-arm 50. The head of this T-arm is provided with an elongatedslot extending, substantially, its'entire length.

A clamping screw 51 extends through this slot and is threaded into theadjacent face of the arm 39. By swinging arm 50, the rod 38 will bepartially rotated so that the flat side will be swung toward or fromposition to engage the teeth of ratchet wheel 3. InFig. 1 it is shown asin position for the fiat side to engage the next tooth of the ratchetwheel. In such position, the tooth will engage the rod a little laterthan would be the case if the rod were rotated so that the round facewould engage the tooth. .'l'1eels,-rock a'rm, operating lever, stampinghead, presser head, or any of their coopcrating parts have eitherlateral or longitudinal movement relativelyto the machine frame 1.

In the rear of the frame 1 are mounted two parallel guide rods Slidablymounted on these rods a cylindrical stamp re- Neither the lever arms,ratchetecptacle 53 provided with a longitudinal differentdenominationsmay be placed in these compartments (one denomination in each) and drawnout through the opening and over the forward guide lip 54. From theopposite ends of this receptacle extend bracket arms 57 connected bytransverse bars or plates 58 to form an open frame work. To the top ofthis frame work is secured a shelf or platform 59 the rear edge of whichis formed as a downward curve to receive the stamp strips from the lip5%. The forward partof this shelf is divided into three guide ways alloverhanging angle plates (30. These plates are so arranged that theirvertical walls are spaced apart a distance equal to the width of thestamp. The. overhanging, or horizontal, walls prevent vertical inivement or displacement-of the stamp as it is fed forward by the clawit. To prevent the stamp strip from being drawn rearwardly with the claw44-, a light pressure bar 61 is provided. This bar extends entirelyacross the shelf 59 and is provided with cars by which it is pivotallyconnected to the upper ends of the bracket arms 57. As shown in Fig. l,the swing of this bar is forwardly and downwardly toward the top of theplatform or shelf 59. The bar itself curves upwardly and rearwardly fromits engagement with the top measles I of the shelf Thus, the stampstrips may be drawn forwar l 1M; an the edn of the pressure bar and theole mp, for needing, although the preset; bar edge rerents their returnmoyeni On reference to Fi 1, it will be noticed that the pressure barmeets the top of the shelf immediately in the rear of the angle plates60. In addition to holding the stamp strips down, the curved pressurebar acts to engage the under face of claw ll and raise it fromengagement with the stamp strip at the instant that the claw pas es frombetween the angle plates, The guide Ways at the forward part the shelf59 are exactly alined with the openin s of the three differentcoinpartrnents of the rec tacle 53. it will be noticed that theSCiill'li') ing head envelop holder and :t'eedin claw al are stationaryWith relation to the lateral movements of the receptacle 5% plat form59, and pressure bar bl. ltwil' also ject from its guide directly in thepath of the descending head and the line of perfo rations will be at theedge of the guide, As the head descends on the stain close to the edgeof the guide, there will e shearing action and the stamp wil be tornfrom its strip. The clayv operates with the shelf 59 to grip theSbllijbffif coraw l't be (lone by hand.

l v)ted line position of Fly. 1, by n necessary, obviously, to lead thestamp strigo into the guide way from the to fore the claw 44: can engageCon equen the receptacle 53 and its one direction or the other, it ideliver any one of the three by means of the feeding clma.

On reference to 1, it will be seen that the lnoistening pad -17 will hemoved outwardly beneath and beyond the forward edge of the stamp guidesand between the horizontal branches of the envelop holder, at the sametime that the stamp is being fed forward from the guide by the claw ll.Thus, the stamp will be above the inoistener while the envelop is beingdampened thereby. As the moistener and claw retracked, the stamp will heforced down by the stamping head :23 and on to the lamp ened surface, aspreviously explained.

A shell or table 62- pivotally in the forward part of the framesupporting a quantity of envelop stamped. It is held, yieldingly,

leaf spring 63, or the like, ne

lhe lower end of the sweep tion of this table curved, as at he, the samebearing suriteo" head in all positions of table were perfectly flat t1an inclined surface presented to the stamping head and the stamp notbecome firmly afiixed. its small opez'ling road through the rear portionof this table for th of the presser head 30 which cooper. s with thestamping head 23 in the stamp.

A machine of this ltihd, of course, is particularly designed for rapidWork. Conseqnent it is desirable to have tome auto matic means forretrieving th em :lops as rapidly the stamps are red thereto. For thispurpose, a sweep provided" This 'sweei is in'the nature .i a smalltubular rock shaft journalcd about a pin projecting from the frame 1 andprovided with a long crank or s veep arm (3.3 and a short arm arjn'i 65is adapted to swing close across thetace of the table when the table inraisetl position, alter the envelop has been moved "from between thestamping" and presser heads, The

arm 36 is connected by suitable links 67 and (SS, and lever (39, withthe bracket Thus, as the presser head 30 moves down away .troni astamped envelop, the sweep arm 65 the last precedwill be swung todischarge 10 does not engage the the instu it the" the :1 play.Likewise, it tvil presser head 30, no We rd movement use ,and that tltween its rod .T additional retardation. no class. between the stain J idanipeuing, and stamp ati machine.

, envelop oi the the envelop, While stamping u; j

been provided. The plate is slide mounted on the shell or table 62 ant;is

threaded rods or bolts on which clam; .1 nuts 71 are. threaded. lnstamping, the em velop is placed with 4111C ed; M gage plate '70 andslid for rd beneath the holder 36 and stamping: head From the precedingdetailt a it Will be seen that the machine is automatic in all of itsoperations QIQKEPY as to the s 1 ing' of the stamp receptacle andconnected non,

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fall directly in front of the stamp feeding claw 44. The machine is nowready for the stamp affixing operation. Depression of the o ieratinghandle 13 will cause upward swing of the arm 8 and downward movement ofthe arm 18, collar 19, overhanging angle arm 20, and stamping head 23.As the arm 8 swings up, it: carries rock arm 6 with it. This upwardmovement of the rock arm 6 actnates the ratchetwheels 3 and l. Ratchetwheel 3 engages the short rod 38 and draws it rearwardly against theaction of spring 42. This causes the levers l1 and 39 to swing forwardlytogether so that the envelop dampened and a stamp is fed to position foratlixing. As soon as the levers 41 and 39 reach the forward limit oftheir travel, the rod 13" will escape from the ratchet wheel 3. Then thespring 42 will come into play and the levers and connected parts will heinstantaneously returned to their original positions. On referring toFig. 1. it will he seen that the arm 3 lifts the plate or hracltet atthe same time that it actuates the ratchet wheels 3 and -l. This ans-esan upward movement of the presser head 30 toward the stamping head 23,and a simultaneously upward movement of the envelop holder 36 toinoperative position, as indicated in dotted lines. Upnird movement ofthe plate or bracket 33 swings the sweep arm inward toward the stampinghead 23. As soon as the stamp is atlixed, the operator ren'ioves theenvelop and slides it toward the sweep arm, at the same time releasingthe handle 1". The spring 32 will then draw the sleeve downwardly andactuate the sweep arm 55 to remove the en velop. As the spring 32 drawsthe sleeve 25 downward. the plate 313 will move downwardly with it. Thisplate. of course, will return the envelop holder 16 to its originalposition. At the same time, its pin or lug 3% will engage the arm 6 andswing it down wardly, and the pin on it will engage the arm 8 and swingit downwardly. This, in turn, will cause the partial rotation of theshaft 9 with the notched ratchet plate 10, carrying the shaft and plateback to their original positions. As the plate 10 returns to itsoriginal position. it engages pin 17 and carries it back, thus returningthe stamping head 23 to its original position. Thus, as soon as the handlever 13 is released, all parts directly operated by it will be returnedto their original positions, by means of the spring 32.

It is thought that the operation and use of the invention will heclearly understood from the preceding detailed description.

Changes may he made in the constrimtion. arrangement, and disposition ofthe several parts of the inyention without in any way departing from thefield and scope of the same and it is meant to include all such withinthis application wherein only a prewhat I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, an operatinglever mounted therein, a rock shaft journaled in said frame, an armfixed to said rock shaft, connections between said rock shaft and saidlever, an operating shaft joarnaled in said frame, a rock arm freelymounted on said operating shaft and actuated by the-aforesaid arm whichis fixed on the aforesaid rock shaft, means carried by said rock arm andadapted to actuate said ope 'ating shaft, a ratchet wheel carried bysaid operating shaft, a rod, adapted to he engaged and operated bythetee'th of said ratchet wheel, and a stamp feeding device connected tosaid rod. 3. A machine of the character described comprising a frame, anoperating lever mounted therein. a rock shaft journaled in said frame,an arm fixed to said rock shaft, connections between said roel: shaft.and said lever, an operating shaft journaled in said frame, a rock armfreely mounted on said operating shaft and actuated by the afor said armwhich is fixed on the aforesai rock shaft, means carried by said rockarm and adapted to actuate said operating shaft, a ratchet wheel carriedhy said operating shaft, a rod adapted to he engaged and opcratcd by theteeth of said ratchet wheel, a stamp feeding device connected to saidrod, and means for regulating the time of engagcment between said rodand the teeth ofthe ratchet wheel.

3. A machine of the character described compifisin; a fram an operatinglever mounted therein, a rock shaft journaled in said frame, an armfixed to said rock shaft, connections between said rock shaft and saidlever, an operating shaft journaled in Said,

and means for' returning said stamp feeding 7 device to inoperativeposition. In witness whereof I have hereunto set in hand in the presenceof two witnesses.

IJLOUILD DUPLESSTS. llnesses:

'l. Marsala),- F. J. (lam-1S.

